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J. H. BEAUREGARD 8v W. F. BIDWELL.

BLAGKING BRUSH.

No. 381,607, PatentedApr. 24, 1888..

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JOHN H. BEAUREGARD AND VILLIAM F. BIDIVELL, OF LANSINGBURG,

NEV YORK; SAID BEAUREGARD ASSIGNOR TO CLARENCE E. STAGES,

OF TROY, NEV YORK.

BLACKING=BRUSH- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.381,607, dated April 24, 1888.

A pplration iiled December 3, 1584. Renewed January E20, 1888. SerialNo. 261,382. (No model.)

To @ZZ 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, .Tenn H. BEAUREGARD and WILLIAM F. BIDWELL, both ofthe village of Lansingburg, county of Rensselaer, State of New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Blaclring-Rrushes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in that class of brushes that areused more particularly to apply blacking to boots and shoes and ourinvention consists, as will be more fully detailed hereinafter inconnection with its illustrations, in the combination, with apolishingbrush arranged on one side of the handle, of a dauber arrangedon the end and opposite side of the latter, said dauber being providedwith a cover adapted to contain paste blaoking, a receptacle orinclosure for containing blacliing or liquid arranged on the same sideof the handle as the dauber, and a conduit connecting the receptaclewith the dauber for conveying liquid or liquid blacking from saidreceptacle to the dauber.

The object and purpose of our invention is to produce an improvement inthat class of brushes which contain the blacking or the liquid necessaryto meisten it, a brush or dauber to apply the blacking, and a brush topolish the latter, all combined in a single article that is grasped andoperated by one handle.

Accompanying this specification to form a part ofit,'there is asheetofdrawings containing three figures illustrating our invention, with thesame designation of its parts by letterreference used in all of them.

Of the illustrations, Figure l shows a side elevation of our improvedblacking-brush. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal vertical section takencentrally. Fig. 3 illustrates an end elevation of the brush.

The several parts of the apparatus are des ignated by letter-reference,and the function of the parts is described as follows:

The letter H. designates the handle, which, by an extension beyond thegrasping part at H, forms the back of the brush a.

The letter D indicates the dauber or the brush used to apply theblaching, and C a combined cover and blaclringdioldcr adapte to fit downover the dauber.

The letter R designates a blacking or liquid receptacle, which isattached tothe back ot' the brush, this inclosure being made with anopening, O, having a cap, c?, that may be unscrewed to vent thereceptacle.

The letter I designates a conduit-pipe, which connects at e" with theupper part of the receptacle, and at the other end, t, connects with auabsorbent or Wicleform substance, S, made of sponge or like materialthat will freely receive, absorb, and freely distribute from theconduit-pipe liquid blacking or moisture to the bristles composing thebrush part ot' the dauber when the bristles of the latter are directeddownwardly for use.

Preferably the end 2 ofthe conduit I is made with the lip Z, by means ofwhich the absorbent Wick-form substance S is secured so as to be inclose proximity to the bristles.

As the device is thus made when paste blacking is used, the latter isplaced in the cover O, as indicated at N, Fig. 2, and other suitableliquid is employed in the receiver R. l/Vhen the ventingcap c2 is openedby turning the latter, and the brush is placed with the dauber side ofthe device turned downwardly, the dauber becomes Wet from the passage ofthe liquid in the receptacle R through the conduit I, and, being rubbedon the blacking N, the dauber takes up some of the latter, which isapplied to the boot or shoe. Then the vent is closed by screwing downthe cap c2 and the device is turned over in the hand, so as to bring thepolishing-brush B into a. position for use.

7When liquid blacking s used in the receptacle R, the Vent is opened byturning the cap c?, the brush being turned in the hand so as to bringthe dauber side of the implement down, when the liquid runs from thereceptacle R, through the conduit l, to the dauber, and when sufficientblocking has thus been conveyed to the dauber the cap c2 is closed andthe blacking is applied. Vhen this has been done the implement is turnedin the hand so aste bring into use the polishing-brush, which isemployed in the usual manner. Thus with;

out changing the construction of the device it may be used to applyeither paste blacking or liquid blacking, as may be desired.

While We have shown and described the cap c2 as being unscrewed to openand screwed down to close a vent-opening in the receptacle, anyequivalent means may be used therefor which Will perform the sainefunction substantially in t-he same manner. The combined receptacle,conduit, and dauber-brush will operate Without venting the receptacle,though the latter is preferably made with means t0 vent it.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with ablacking-brush provided With a polishing andadauber brush on opposite sides of the brush-frame, of' aliquidreceptacle, R, formed with a vent-stem, o, hav.- ing a screw-cap,c2, fitted thereto, and a conduit-pipe, I, leading from theliquidrecepta cle and projected through the back of the dauber-brush, anabsorbent substance, S, secured to the projecting end of the saidconduit-pipe and arranged within the bristles of the dauber-brush, and ablacking-box formed to fit ovei` the frame of the dauber-brush,substantiaily as described, and for the purpose stated.

Signed at Troy, New York, this 8th day of November, 1884, and in thepresence of the two Witnesses whose names are hereto written.

JOHN H. BEAUREGARD. WILLIAM F. BIDWELL. Witnesses:

STANLEY M. HOLDEN, l CHARLES S. BEINTNALL.

